Brookings-Harbor pilot., January 15, 1948, Image 1

'ommunity Hall Group
rganized Here, Monday
[With about half of th e com -| side of tow n on highway 101, has
lunity organizations present, on offered an acre and a half at the
[onday evening, a hoard of di-! intersection of the highway and
Mors was named to com plete beach road as a site at a reas­
¡1 plans for erection of a corn- onable figure. While this is en­
unity hall as rapidly as c a n ! ticing because of its removal
s accomplished. Six m em bers [ from residential districts and the
ere named to the board, which ! am ple parking space, other sites
ill pick a seventh, and nam e have been suggested in the area
icers at a meeting. W ednesday. [ but none have the parking space
On the first board a re : T h o r 1 as offered by this one. In many
sk. re p re se n tin g the R otary instances these sites are near
b and one of th e incorporat- residential areas, where residents
; and Archie H endricks, rep­ m ight raise objections. However,
enting the B aptist Commun- a com plete study will be made
church. both of whom will of all possible sites.
i
rs bail Simp- P ortland Firm O ffers B it
the G range, and . T im ber S tru ctu res, Inc., of
ro
.
one of the in- P ortland, it is said offered to
fr[*'i ' s who will serve two erect the m ain auditorium with
ars; Howard Adams, repre- truss-roof at a figure which
Jting the Seventh Day Adven- m any of the com m ittee feel
t churc' . and C arl B erger, would be less expensive than if
presenting the Catholic church, done by local labor on a con­
io will serve one year.
tra c t basis, and would be much
Wilt B( D rawn Up
b e tte r
constructed
since
the
When this group m eets for the tru sses will be prefabricated at
time officers will be named, P ortland. No action has been
id a constitution and by-laws tak en as yet. and may not be. un­
ill be drawn up. All com m ittees til o th er builders are heard from.
i serve for one y e a r will be Hall W ould Be Self-Financing
ade up of rep resen tativ es of
Once erected, this main hall,
1 organizations of the commun- which w’ould include the dance
1 which make up the board of, floor and a basketball court, is
ustees. Such com m ittees will believed to lx1 self - financing.
elude: building and grounds;! The large ball which will be ap­
r m e t ; entertain m en t; advertis- proxim ately 75x120 feet is ex­
p and publicity; advisory; hall; pected to be large enough to
lion and concessions.
stag e
the
district
basketball
Site Offered Group
tournam ents, big dances or anv
Sam ! rickson. living ju st out-1 oth er event which requires large
floor or seating area. This a ttr a c ­
lome of Winter Flowers tion will m ake it in demand for
events.
'rue Slogan for District all E lection
of the dining facili­
Even the Los Angeles cham ber ties, the banquet rooms as well
commerce doesn’t have this as the club rooms and lounge,
ch to rave about in th e ir lit- will come a fte r the main section
iture:
has been paid for, o r as soon as
Joe Rose of the H arb o r area th e dem and is sufficient for this
s first daffodils, Mon* construction. Bowling alleys are
l.v. some earlier th an last year, in th e plan for the completed
is planting of early v ariety, building, as well as a small swim­
• e been blooming since New ming pool. The completed build­
Pars.
ing will also include a stage suf­
ficient to accomodate any pro­
duction which might seek such
'oh Perkins Will Sell
leal Estate In Distift facilities.
P resen t Monday w ere: May-
R S. ‘ Bob” Perkins will ident- Simpson. H a r b o r Community
himxelf with Brookings-H ar- club; Mrs. Lockland. Azalea G ar­
ir real estate, it w as announced den club; Wm. Weideman. Chris­
iednesday by P ete L esm eister, tian Science Society; Missouri
r whom Bob will w ork.
M organ, H arbor Community club
Always a booster for this area, Archie Hendricks, Baptist Com­
: ' ability will be an added m unity church; Mrs. Roy Steph­
ls,ik Mr. L esm eister told the enson, V. F. W. Auxiliary; Thor
Ask. R otary club; John Hogan,
Rod and Gun club; Ralph Vin­
unuary Birthdays
cent, C ham ber of Commerce;
E arl Simpson. Cheteo Grange;
lonored At A Party
A birthday dinner was held a t 1 C arl B erger. Catholic church;
e home of Mr. and Mrs. C har- Dewey Akers. S tanley Patterson.
Schaal on Sunday, Ja n u a ry J. T. Jacobs. Seventh Day Ad­
,f' in honor of A unt Sue Ben- ventist church.
M rs. Maude Sandbo and A ctivity Expected Soon
Once all organization is com­
Charles Schaal, all of whose
1" ‘ ‘.vs occurred in th e week! pleted and all com m ittees have
January seventh to fou rteen th . been named, it was the consensus
birthday cake for th e oc- Monday th a t activity on this
ion was made by Mrs. L a u r a ' stru c tu re should sta rt immed­
'cent Besides the guests of iately. W ith such functions as
'or. those who enjoyed th e ' graduation. A zalea Festival and
dr together w ere Mrs. Mis- Lily Blossom W eek in the future,
i Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. A. the need for this building would
T mpson. Mrs. L au ra Vin- be inestim able. Dances will s ta rt
cid their houseguest Mrs. alm ost as soon as the floor is
>on of Oakland. C alifornia; laid w h eth er or not a roof is on
■ Mrs Roy Hendry, A lbert if th e w e a th e r perm its. It was
i o and B ertha Moore.
the belief th a t the sooner reve­
nue would be started , the sooner
or your community hall th e com pleted building would he
your bit when asked..
realized.
Ginther Talks On
Discipline. P.-T. A.
Street Lights Assured
On Main Street, May 1
At the reg u lar m eeting of the
P arent-T eachers Asociation held
Thursday night, John G inther,
fully described this problem to
the group, from the standpoint of
Highway 101. which m akes up V incent’s re sta u ra n t, when all
a teacher. He said:
Man, through his intellegence, the main stre e t of Brookings, details w ere worked out. At this
has made himself p artially su ­ soon will be an o th e r "great w hite tim e it was decided to "stag g er"
perior to his environm ent. He w ay" if plans a re realized. U n­ the poles on opposite sides of the
has provided himself w ith an ad­ d er the new law perm itting form* street, each 125 feet, thus th ere
equate and continuous food sup­ ation of lighting districts in un­ will be 250 feet betw een poles on
ply. rainm ent and shelter. He incorporated areas, a lighting each side of the street.
Poles will lie 35 feqt in height
has supplied himself with num ­ district is in form ation to light
berless luxuries, but his very in­ the street n e a r T em plar Hotel and will throw 80S of the light
telligence has placed, him in a to the fire guard station at the onto the roadway, and the re ­
m ainder on the sidew alks and
precarious position, for, through o th er end of town.
Under the advice of H. C- Haz- ¡buildings. This am ount of illum ­
it. he has elim inated the selec­
tive process by which n atu re zard, of Line M aterials Co., of ination com pares to the average
does away with undesirable pro­ P ortland, and Bruce Shavere, city over the country.
This low cost of lighting will
ducts. Wild anim als or savage general m anager of Cooc-Curry
man destroys or perm its to (lie E lectric Co-operative, the cost be borne by the property ow ners
those individuals w h a are a d e t­ of lighting this expanse will be on the street and will lx* paid for
rim ent to their species. Civilized approxim ately $612 a year, if jin proportion to the frontage, a t
man provides life’s necessities to the present plan of 17 pole* is the ra te of 15c p er running foot.
the diseased and defective, and carried out. Based on $36 a jxde, : rh is would m ean th at a person
actually encourages them to pro­ th ere is a possibility thut m ore with 100 feet would be req u ited
! to pay alxiut $15 per year for
duce their kind. Today m entally poles m ay be erected.
A m eeting of property owmers Ithis convenience.
defective, insane, diseased and
Petitions for form ation of the
crim inal classes are increasing in was held Monday evening at ¡lighting
district are being c irc u ­
num bers at an alarm ing r a t e .,
lated, and when 51'« of the prop­
On the other hand, individuals
e rty ow ners sign, the i et it ton
of high m ental endowm ent a r e !
will be presented to the county
failing to sustain a birth ra te ;
court for ratification.
equal to the m ortality rate. Thus
Once ratified, construction will
there a re two tendencies at
l>cgin at once by the Coos-Curry
work which auger ill for the
Last rites w ere held S atu rd ay E lectric Co-operative, and this
future of the race—first, the for Mrs. Am anda Louise Benson, ' convenience
should be com plete
rapid m ultiplication of the soci­ aged 79 years. 2 m onths and IS ¡and ready for
function by May
ally undesirable, and second, the days, at the B aptist Community- 1, Bruce Shavere pointed out. If
control of m arriage by suitable Church. at 2 o’clock, w ith Rev. the district is form er sooner con­
legal means, and third, the edu­ N. N. N eufeld officiating. In te r ­ struction will s ta rt that m uch
cation of the people as a whole. ment was at Sm ith R iver ceme- quicker.
This th ird and last point is the tary.
one we are interested in and can
Born in Sweden, Oct. 26, 1869.
do som ething about. However, I she cam e to America ns a young
w anted to call to y o u r atten tio n lady, and to the H arbor a re a 27
o th er phases, which due to reli­ y ears ago. W hile a m em ber of
gious beliefs, commonsense, law. Lebanon L utheran church, she
and other reasons are very- diff- was a re g u la r atten d an t of the
cult to pursue.
local com m unity church as long
Cliff Robinson, of the s ta te de­
P erhaps you are w ondering as her health perm itted. She
partm ent of education who w as
w hat all this has to do w ith disci­ passed aw ay about 10 a.m. last inspecting
the local schools T ues­
pline, the topic tonight. I have T hursday at her home.
day. was R otary speaker at noon
brought out these points in order
T hree children w ere born to luncheon, when be pointed o ut
to point out that we are concern­ her. Two sons, O scar and Adolph, the w eakness usually found in
ed with all types of individuals. her late husband proceed«»d h e r most
d istricts’ building p ro g ra m
We cannot, in the classroom , or in death. Surviving a re : a d augh­ over the
state, when vision is
in the community, or even in the ter. Mrs. C harlottee W ahlborg, rarely exercised in allow ing for
nation or even in the world seg­ of Buffalo, N. Y., a brother. E a r­ grow th of the school.
regate the superior. We must nest W ilson of H arbor; four half-
"Most districts and th ere a re
teach and help all alike.
brothers, R ichard and H jalm ar
If the teacher could select his Wilson of Chicago, and Anton few exceptions, have planned
pupils as the carp e n te r selects and Eric of Sweden; one sister. buildings large enough a t con­
his lumber, tossing aw ay the in­ Mrs. Jennie Felton of South D ak­ stru ctio n time, find the building
ferior raw* m aterial, w hat an o u t­ ota; five grandchildren: Minnie is inadequate for the enrollm ent.
standing flass he would have. Shirley, B etty, A rth u r and Carol This is especially tru e of class
rooms, and you certain ly can
In the airplane, only the very Ann.
see this in the local buildings.
best m aterials are used. Even the
Your new construction is a lre a d y
tiniest rivet is X-Rayed to see Bovs Scouts Honored
inadequate
you have to use
th at there is no flaw in it. W hat
space designed for recreation,
if the te a fh e r had an X-Ray to By Rod & Gun Club
At th e ir re g u la r m eeting, T ues­ for class rooms.
detect the flaws in children be­
“U nder the new basic school
fore they en te r school? Do you day evening, at the G range Hall,
think your children would get the Rod and Gun Club was support law, each d istrict m ust
by? I know mine w ouldn’t!
host to the Boy Scouts and Cub m eet certain requirem ents to be
The purpose of this m eeting is Scouts of the com m unity which granted this support money. As
to see w here we, as parents and w’ere en te rta in e d in fine style. tim e goes on, this req uirem ent
teachers have allowed the flaws The guest of honor for the eve­ will be more closely adhered to,
to come into our children. The ning w as LaV erne M endenhall. and d istricts m ust m ake and e f­
carpenter can use some glue, if C urry county’s only E agle Scout. fort to meet requirem ents."
Discussion followed concerning
he detects a flaw’ in a fine piece As a fe a tu re of the m eeting
of wood. Perhaps we have some V erne gave a resum e of the work plans for new school facilities of
kind of glue to stick our kinds involved in becoming an EagD. this district which s<xin m ust lie
The re g u la r business m eeting constructed in ord er to c a re for
back on the right track.
I quote from W ebster: "Disci­ of the club w’as held, which in­ the school census w’hich has sub­
pline T raining th at strengthens, cluded discussion of the 1948 sta n tia lly increased over last
corrective punishm ent, control or game law proposals, in which year despite the exodus of people
order m aintained, a system of the boys displayed great interest. from this area. Lum bering, it
T hree new m em bers w ere voted was pointed out, is bringing in
rules for conduct”.
As I have pointed out. we can ­ into the organization. B radley more children every week
F. L. F ran k Doane, physician
not segregate; therefore, our set Paige, B radley Tillotson and
of Red Bluff, Calif., w as a visitor
or system of rules and our tra in ­ George Eller.
A fter the business of the club as w as John Porisch of Gold
ing methods must lx* all inclu­
sive. For th a t reason, let us look was concluded, moving pictures Beach, county chairm an of the
into the different homes and the w ere shown and refreshm ents M arch of Dimes drive, soon to
lives of our children in the home. w ere served. A fine tim e was sta rt.
Mr. Porisch spoke briefly con­
There has been a lot w ritten enjoyed by the boys and a new
on the breakdown in the hom t, respect for the boys was gained cerning the drive and d is tri’. .u-
tion of funds -so derived.
bv the members.
Continued on Page six
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Benson
State Educator
Rotary Speaker